Means for and method of securing metal objects together



(No Model.)

A; JQMOXHAM. v MEANS FOR AND METHOD OF 'SEGURING METAL OBJECTS.TOGETHER.

No. 505,988 I Patented 001553, 1893.

I INVENTOH WITNESSES W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, OF J OHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR AND METHOD OF SECURING METAL OBJECTS TOGETHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,988, dated October3, 1893.

Application filed February 2,1892. Serial No. 420,090- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, of J ohnstown,in the county ofOambriaand State of Pennsy1vania,have invented a newand use ful Meansfor and Method of Securing Metal Objects Together, which invention isfully set forth and illustrated in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

The object of this invention, among its other uses, is to securerailroad rails to metal supports, in such a manner that the rail will besecurely held down upon the support and lateral displacement of the railprevented.

The invention will first be described in detail and then particularlyset forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows in perspective a metalcross-tie adapted for use in carrying out my invention. Fig. 2 shows inperspective a railroad rail intended for use with the cross-tie shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing two railroad rails mounted onand secured to the cross-tie. Figs. 4 and 5 show in perspective, twoforms of rail-chairs, or supports, which may be used in carrying out myinvention. Fig. 6 shows in perspective a portion of a rail and crosstiesecured together as shown in cross-section in Fig. 3.

In said figures the several parts are respectively indicated byreference letters as folows:-

The letter R indicates a railroad rail pro vided with a vertical web andlower flanges A. Said flanges, at suitable intervals, are provided withslits as shown at a, a, thus leaving intervening tongues a.

The letter B, (Figs. 1, 3, and 6) indicates a metal cross-tie, ofchannel form, provided with tongues or clips 5, struck-up in pairs fromits upper surface as shown in Fig. 1. A pair of said tongues is adaptedto receive the flanges of a rail between and underneath them.

The method of securing the rails to the cross-tie is as follow's:-Theflanges A of the rail R are inserted under a pair of the tongues 19 onthe cross-tie'B, so that the tongues a on the flanges A come directlyunder and register, with the opposing tongues I), located above. Apressure is then applied, preferably from above, to force downward orpress together the engaging tongues. Thus the parts are caused tointerlock, the tongues a, in the rail flanges, being pressed down moreor less into the slots in the cross-tie, and the tongues b of thecross-tie being forced more or less into the slots in the rail flanges;in other words the respective clips or tongues are forced into the slotsformed by punching out the opposing clips or tongues. Thus a universallock, that is a lock rigid in all directions, is obtained, and the railis not only held firmly down upon the support but is also held rigidlyas against lateral displacement.

The force required to depress the tongues 61., b, may be applied bymeans of a lever, screw, hydraulic jack or blows from a sledge hammer,or by means of any other appliance that may be found most practicableunder the circumstances.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown two forms of rail-chairs C, which may be usedas supports for the rails, instead of the cross-tie B. In Fig. 4 thechair is shown provided with two diagonally-located tongues or clips I).The chair shown in Fig. 5 is provided with only one tongue or clip b,having on the opposite side a brace c. If this latter form of chair beused, it will be necessary to provide tongues a, in only one of theflanges of the rail, the other flange being clamped by the brace c.

It is obvious that my invention is as applicable to many other forms ofmetal objects as to rails and their supports either rails and supportslike those shown in the drawings, or of other forms. I therefore do notconfine myself to any particular forms of metal articles to be united.

Having thus fully described my said invention, I claim 1. A metal-jointformed by tongues on the members of said joint pressed together tointerlock so as to form a permanent joint.

2. A railroad rail and support secured together by means of aninterlocking tongue on each of said members.

3. The combination of a railroad rail provided with a tongue or tongues,and a metal support therefor provided with a corresponding tongue ortongues, so that when said tongues are interlocked said rail and supportare secured together.

4. The combination with a railroad rail, provided with clips or tongueson its lower flanges, 5 of a metal support provided with opposingoverlapping tongues or clips, for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination with a railroad rail provided with clips or.tongueson its lower flanges, of a metal cross-tie, of channel form, provided towith corresponding clips or tongues, for the purposes set forth.

ARTHUR J. MOXHAM. Witnesses:

J NO. MASTERTON, W. MCLAIN.

